WORLD HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -Early efforts. Following the Tennis Court Oath, the National Assembly began the process of drafting a constitution as its primary objective. The Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen, adopted on 26 August 1789 eventually became the preamble of the constitution adopted on 3 September 1791.

Detailed explanation-2: -The French Constitution of 1791 was drafted by the National Assembly which was recognised by Louis XVI. The Constitution separated and assigned the powers to three different institutions–the legislature, executive, and the judiciary.

Detailed explanation-3: -The short-lived French Constitution of 1791 was the first written constitution in France, created after the collapse of the absolute monarchy of the Ancien Régime. One of the basic precepts of the revolution was adopting constitutionality and establishing popular sovereignty.

Detailed explanation-4: -The Constitution of 1791 was the first written constitution of France that turned the country into a constitutional monarchy following the collapse of the absolute monarchy of the Ancien Régime.

Detailed explanation-5: -(vi) The constitution began with a Declaration of the Rights of Man and Citizen. Rights such as the right to life, freedom of speech, freedom of opinion, equality before law could now be availed by each human being by birth.